Persistence of nasal colonization with livestock-associated methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus in pig farmers after holidays from pig exposure

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 78, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 4046-4047

  Köck, Robin ^a   Loth, Bea ^a   Köksal, Mahir ^d   Schulte Wülwer, Josef ^b   Harlizius, Jürgen ^c   Friedrich, Alexander W ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b Landwirtschaftskammer Niedersachsen   (Germany)

^c Pig Health Services   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLONIZATION RATE; DIRECT CONTACT; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; PIG FARMERS;

BACTERIA; MAMMALS;

AGRICULTURE;

BACTERIUM; COLONIZATION; LIVESTOCK; PIG;

ADULT; AGED; ANIMAL; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LEISURE; LIVESTOCK; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NOSE CAVITY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; SWINE; ZOONOSIS;

ADULT; AGED; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; CARRIER STATE; FEMALE; HOLIDAYS; HUMANS; LIVESTOCK; MALE; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MIDDLE AGED; NASAL CAVITY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; SWINE; YOUNG ADULT; ZOONOSES;

METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SUIDAE;

EID: 84864102042     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.00212-12     Document Type: Article

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